It had been a long time since Anh had seen Mai this upset, normally this was reserved for the anniversary of her parents death, but that wasn't for some months yet and so she was taken aback but this sudden show of emotion. As she held her she could feel the hot tears on her shoulder and blouse as Mai sobbed quietly. Anh felt the tension in Mai's body begin to dissipate as her heaving shoulders slowly calmed, Mai slowly pulled back and wiped the remnants of the tears from her eyes.
"Fuck him" she spat, I don't need him...or anyone else as she turned and walked into the bedroom.
As Anh sat on the balcony she was turning the conversation over and over in her mind when Mai reappeared. She was dressed in a beautiful jade colored dress, black heels and her hair tied in an Audrey Hepburn updo which was very popular with the Consulate crowd. "I have a party at the Dutch embassy and the car is waiting for me" she announced breezily, before turning and walking toward the front door, with not a flicker of the consternation she'd experienced earlier.
Anh wasn't one to sit and wait for answers and as soon as Mai had closed the door she called Trung, her top lieutenant.
Find the Australian she instructed...
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